Victoria by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith To Our right
trusty and right well beloved The Lords Spiritual and Temporal and to
Our trusty and well beloved The Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the
House of Commons in this present Parliament assembled Greeting:

Whereas in Our said Parliament an Act the short title whereof is Commonwealth
of Australia Constitution Act, 1900, hath been agreed and accorded on
by you Our loving Subjects the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons
in this Our present Parliament assembled and endorsed by you as hath been
accustomed And albeit the said Act by you Our said Subjects the Lords
and Commons in this Our present Parliament assembled is fully agreed and
consented unto yet nevertheless the same is not of force and effect in
the law without Our Royal Assent given and put to the said Act And forasmuch
as for divers causes and considerations We cannot conveniently at this
time be present in Our Royal Person in the Higher House of Our said Parliament
being the accustomed place for giving Our Royal Assent to such Acts as
have been agreed upon by you Our said subjects the Lords and Commons We
have therefore caused these Our Letters Patent to be made and have signed
the same and by the same Do give and put Our Royal Assent to the said
Act and to all articles clauses and provisions therein contained and have
fully agreed and assented to the said Act Willing that the said Act and
every article clause sentence and provision therein contained from henceforth
shall be of the same strength force and effect as if We had been personally
present in the said Higher House and had openly and publicly in the presence
of you all assented to the same And We do by these presents declare and
notify the same Our Royal Assent as well to you the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal and Commons aforesaid as to all others whom it may concern Commanding
also by these presents Our most dear Cousin and Councillor Hardinge Stanley
Earl of Halsbury Our Chancellor of that part of Our United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland called Great Britain to seal these Our Letters
Patent with Our Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland And also commanding Our most dear and entirely beloved Sons and
most faithful Councillors Albert Edward Prince of Wales, Arthur William
Patrick Albert Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Our most dear Grandson
and most faithful Councillor George Frederick Ernest Albert Duke of York,
Our most dear Cousin and faithful Councillor George William Frederick
Charles Duke of Cambridge, The Most Reverend Father in God and Our faithful
Councillor Frederick Archbishop of Canterbury Primate of all England and
Metropolitan, Our most dear Cousin and Councillor Hardinge Stanley Earl
of Halsbury Chancellor of that part of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland called Great Britain, The Most Reverend Father in God and
Our faithful Councillor William Dalrymple Archbishop of York primate of
England and Metropolitan, Our most dear Cousins and Councillors Spencer
Compton Duke of Devonshire President of Our Council, Richard Assheton
Viscount Cross Keeper of Our Privy Seal, Sidney Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
Steward of Our Household, John Adrian Louis Earl of Hopetoun Chamberlain
of Our Household, Algernon Hawkins Thomond Earl of Kintore and other Lords
of Our Privy Council or any three or more of them to declare and notify
this Our Royal Assent in Our absence in the said Higher House in the presence
of you the said Lords and Commons of Our Parliament there to be assembled
for that purpose and the Clerk of Our Parliaments to endorse the said
Act with such terms and words in Our name as is requisite for the same
and also to enrol these Our Letters Patent and the said Act in manner
accustomed and these Our Letters Patent shall be to every of them a sufficient
Warrant in that behalf And finally We do declare and will that after this
Our Royal Assent given and passed by these presents and declared and notified
as is aforesaid then and immediately the said Act shall be taken accepted
and admitted a good sufficient and perfect Act of Parliament and Law to
all intents constructions and purposes and to be put in due execution
accordingly the continuance or dissolution of this Our Parliament or any
other use custom thing or things to the contrary thereof notwithstanding
In witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made patent
Witness Our self at Westminster the ninth day of July in the sixty fourth
year of Our reign.

By the Queen Herself
Signed with Her own Hand

Muir Mackenzie

Dated 9th July 1900
Royal Assent
of
Her Majesty the Queen
to
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900